Chinese In Early America Summary
Chinese in Early America by Katherine Inserra
Most people today believe that with the passing of the Fourteenth Amendment meant the immediate granting of citizenship to all persons born on American soil. However, it was not until 1898 that the United States Supreme Court concluded that the amendment awarded citizenship to Chinese children born to Chinese immigrants on American Soil. (Foner 659). Just twelve years previously, the courts had finally forced the city of San Francisco to issue business licenses to Chinese immigrants. The Chinese had begun immigrating to the United States after the conclusion of the Civil War, sometime during the post-Civil War period of Reconstruction. American expansion into the western region of the assisted …show more content…
While insisting that the measure was meant to prevent Chinese Prostitutes from entering the country and ensure the health of the white American, immigration Authorities used the Page Law to bar the wives and daughters of arriving Chinese male immigrants as well as the wives and daughters of Chinese natives who had already entered into the country. (Foner 657) After over a decade of such a practice, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Chinese immigrants with United States vs. Wong Kim Ark. (Foner 659) The change in Chinese Exclusion first began with, with Yick Wo v. Hopkins in 1886, when the court order to grant business licenses to Chinese immigrants because it was “intolerable in any country where freedom prevails” to prevent a person from the opportunity to earn a living. (Foner 659)
Chinese Exclusion was a temporary gateway to other opportunities Americans found to discrimination of persons of unfavorable nationalities. Anarchists, Convicted Felons, known Prostitutes, and “lunatics” were barred by Congress (Foner 659-660) from entering the country for a period of time at the end of the Nineteenth century and even entering into the Twentieth century. In 1904, the court cited Fong Yue Ting in its decision to uphold a law barring such people from entering. (Foner
Most people today believe that with the passing of the Fourteenth Amendment meant the immediate granting of citizenship to all persons born on American soil. However, it was not until 1898 that the United States Supreme Court concluded that the amendment awarded citizenship to Chinese children born to Chinese immigrants on American Soil. (Foner 659). Just twelve years previously, the courts had finally forced the city of San Francisco to issue business licenses to Chinese immigrants. The Chinese had begun immigrating to the United States after the conclusion of the Civil War, sometime during the post-Civil War period of Reconstruction. American expansion into the western region of the assisted …show more content…
While insisting that the measure was meant to prevent Chinese Prostitutes from entering the country and ensure the health of the white American, immigration Authorities used the Page Law to bar the wives and daughters of arriving Chinese male immigrants as well as the wives and daughters of Chinese natives who had already entered into the country. (Foner 657) After over a decade of such a practice, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Chinese immigrants with United States vs. Wong Kim Ark. (Foner 659) The change in Chinese Exclusion first began with, with Yick Wo v. Hopkins in 1886, when the court order to grant business licenses to Chinese immigrants because it was “intolerable in any country where freedom prevails” to prevent a person from the opportunity to earn a living. (Foner 659)
Chinese Exclusion was a temporary gateway to other opportunities Americans found to discrimination of persons of unfavorable nationalities. Anarchists, Convicted Felons, known Prostitutes, and “lunatics” were barred by Congress (Foner 659-660) from entering the country for a period of time at the end of the Nineteenth century and even entering into the Twentieth century. In 1904, the court cited Fong Yue Ting in its decision to uphold a law barring such people from entering. (Foner